﻿Nate McClain Gallery

Showcases the Art & Legacy of the late Nate McClain (1973 - 1997) from St. Louis MOFeatures over 130 collected works as well as personal photos and stories

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​Painting The Town: The Art of Nate McClain

Painting The Town: The Art of Nate McClain is a 150-page definitive collection of Nate McClain's artwork, spanning his first published piece at age 4 to his untimely death in 1997 at age 24. Features over 130 of McClain's original paintings, vibrant portraits, & early works.

“…we lost a great, great artist. Being able to do those paintings of the Self Portrait, the John Belushi, the Guy at Bar at 18, 19, 20 years old…Truly, he was a fabulous artist. Watercolors, drawings, cartoons. His paintings blew me away, his drawings blew me away. He could have gone anywhere. He could have done anything.” – Mike Peters, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist and creator of “Mother Goose & Grimm”

“Nate McClain was a genuinely exuberant painter with a real feeling for the times he lived in, mixing his irrepressible sense of fun with a deep sensitivity to suffering and pain. He enhanced the lives of the people around him with his public art, and it’s a tragedy that his career was cut short when it had only just begun.” – Julian Spalding, English art critic, author, and former curator

“Nate made one sweeping circular line to draw a face already formed in his brain. I remarked to myself, ‘Wow! He knows exactly what he wants to do (draw).’” – Shelli Lipton, founder of Hello Studios, Inc.

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The Nate McClain Gallery (www.natemcclain.com) is a crowd curated experience that preserves and promotes the art & life of Nate McClain (1973 - 1997). Nate McClain is an American visual artist from St. Louis MO best known for his large-scale murals which have gained posthumous acclaim. The Gallery aims to be a place of interaction & inspiration to Experience the collected artwork, Explore the artist legacy, and Expand the Gallery by sharing crowdsourced content. Twenty years after his passing, McClain's story continues to resonate and inspire.